Mechanical movement.



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'No.s15,979." I V PATENTED MAR. 27, 1906. I F. n. RICHARDS.

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I APPLICATION FILED APB. 2:5, 1990. RENEWED JUNE 23, 1903. 2 SHEETS-SHEET 1 No. 815,979. I

' F. H. RICHARDS.

' MECHANICAL MOVEMENT.

APPLIGATION FILED APR. 25, 1900. RENEWED JUNE 23, 19.03.

' PATENTBD MAR. 27, 1906.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

A Y E Witnesses.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

. FRANCIS H.RICHARDS, or HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT.

' NIEOHVANICALYMOVEMENTA.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented ch27, 1906.

Application filed Apri126,1900. Renewed June 23.1908. Serial No. 182,782.

To all uihoml it may concern: 2

1 Be it known that I, FRANcrs H. RICHARDS, a ci-tlzen of the" United States, residing at Hartford, in 'the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mechanical Movements, of which the following is a specification. i I i This invention relates to mechanical movements; and it has for its object the provision of an improved device whereby a continuous ment upon-the Mechanism for converting.

'.motion, for which Letters Patent No.

- for engagement with the driven member.-

297,165 were granted to me on April 22, 1884,

to which reference ma be had.

' My invention inclu es as-one of its features a rotary driving member or actuator in constant engagement with the driven member of the device for alternatel imparting rotary movement thereto .and ockmg the same aga nstmovement.

The driving member is preferably a muti-' lated spiral gear having one or more threads or grooves, thelwalls of which are adapted This latter has a series of arms to be successively operated upon insuch a manner that a only one arm will be in engagement with the .actuator during the motlve period of the driven member,fwhile at other times the driven member will be locked against rotation by reason of the engagement of adj acent arms with a pair ofstop-faces provided for that purpose on the actuator. There will,

j moreover,'never be more than two arms of the proved mechanism.

driven member in use at any one time, While said stop-faces are effective reciprocally withsa d groove-walls of the actuator, which con-' stitute the working faces of the device. I

embodies a base-plate 10, having uprights 1 1 and 12 which constitute bearings for a driving member'having' a shaft 13, to which the actuator (designated in a general way by A) is secured. Continuous rotary movement may be imparted to the shaft 13 by any suitable means. (Not shown.) I

The other or driven member of the mechanism is shown as a roller-turret, such as T,

'equidistantly-dis osed arms 14, 15, 16, and

17, carrying ant 'ction-rollers :14", 15, 16', and 17., respectively, which are adaptedto be successively engaged by the actuator A.

' The designed ratio of movement in the present instance is such that one rotation of the actuator will produce a half-rotation of the driven member or turret T. I In order to effect this result, the actuator is provided I with successive grooves 18 and 19, the walls of-the former of which will when the actuator is rotated in the direction of the arrow a, Fi 3, engage one of the rollers, such as the r0 er 14, and thus cause the turret T to be rotated until said roller is about to pass out of the rear end 18 of said groove, whereupon' the front end 19 of the groove 19 will eagage, the succeeding roller 15, which has in the meantime been brought into proper position by the rotation of the turret T.

When the .roller 15 is about to pass out of the rear end of the groove 19, the frontend 20 ofthe sto -face 20 approaches the next succeeding ro er 16' and serves to check. the

movement of the turret, and since the actuating-wall of the groove 19 merges into a stopface 21 by the time that the roller 15 has finally passed out of this groove the turret will have been locked against rotation in both directions by said stop-faces 20 and 21, as both faces now cooperate with the respective rollers 15 and 16 and effect the temporary locking of the turret! This locked condition of the driven member continues until the oove-walls, again operate to actuate the riven member in a'manner similar to that described above.

The speed that the turret will have during its period of movement relative to that of the actuator depends, of course, on the contour or pitch of the side walls of the grooves 18 and 19, and it will therefore be readily understood that an accelerated or a retarded movement of the turret may be obtained at any particumovement of the actuator and the turret.

would be four rotations of the former to one rotation of the latter and that if three also be understood that if only one i groovesjwere used eachirotationl'of. the actuator would produce three-fourths of a rotation of the turret.

It is immaterial how many arms the turret has, provided that the pro er operation of the device is not interfere Within other words, that the driven member is so controlled by the actuator as to have two of its adjacent arms engaged by the latter when the drlven member is approaching or leaving its idle period and when at rest, while but one roller is engaged substantially throughout its period of movement.

As it is frequently of great im ortance that i the driven member or turret s all be absolutely under the control of the actuating memberwithout the existence of looseness or back play, means are provided whereby a close contact between said members is assured, this result being attained by forming the antifriction-rollers slightly tapering, as clearly shown in Fig. 1, and mounting said rollers on studs that are radially adjustable, so that when said studs are forced radially outward a close contact between each rollerface and the actuator will result.

The preferred construction of the means for effecting an adjustment of all of the rollers simultaneously is clearly shown in Fig. 4 of the drawings, in which the rollers are shown journaled on studs 25, held in position in their respective arms by clam ing-screws 26 and having at their inner en s conical portions, such as 25, in engagement with the correspondingly-shaped end 27 of a backing or adjustmg screw 27, the latter being threaded into the turret and held in its adjusted position by a check-nut 28. It will therefore be seen that when said screw is forced inward all of the studs 25 will be simultaneously moved outward, whereupon they may be secured in such positions by the clamping-screws 26, above mentioned, the d'usting means just described forming the su ject-matter of Letters Patent of the United States No. 366,189, granted to me July 5, 1887.

Having described my invention, I claim- 1. The combination, with a driven member movable at varying velocities and having a series of arms, of a driving member having a plurality of successively-effective arm-engaging working faces, and also having armengagmg stop-faces effective alternately with said working faces.

2. The combination, with a driven member movable at varying velocities and having a series of arms, of a driving member having a plurality of successively-effective arm-engaging working faces, and also having armenga'ging sto -faces effective reciprocally with said wor ing faces.

3. The combination, with a driven member movable at varying velocities and having a series of more than two arms, of a driving member having a pair of successively-effective working faces for engagin respectively, a pair of arms to rotate said driven member through a redetermined arc, and then one of said arms or rotating said member through a further predetermined are.

4. The combination, with a driven member movable at varying velocities and having a series of arms, of a driving member having a pair of successively-effectlve working faces for engaging, respectively, a pair of arms to rotate said driven member through a predetermined arc, and also having a pair of armengaging stop-faces for engaging a air of arms and reciprocally effective wit 1 said working faces.

5. The combination, with a driven member movable at varying velocities and having a series of arms, of a drivin member having a pair of successively-effective working faces for engaging, respectively, a pair of adjacent arms to rotate said driven member through a predetermined arc, and also having a pair of arm-engaging stop-faces for engaging a pair of adjacent arms and reciprocally effective with said working faces.

6. The combination, with a driven member movable at varying velocities and haying a series of arms, of a driving member having a working face for engaging one of said arms to rotate said driven member through a redetermined arc, and also having a stopace for engaging another arm, said arms being engaged at opposite sides by said faces when approaching the idle period of the driven member for controlling the movement of the latter.

7. The combination, with a driven member movable at varying velocities and having a series of arms, of a driving member having a spiral working face for engaging one of said arms to rotate said driven member through a redetermined arc, and also having a stopace for engaging another arm, said arms being engaged at opposite sides by said faces when approaching the idle period of the driven member for controlling the movement of the latter.

8. The combination, with a driven member movable at varying velocities and having a series of arms, of a driving member havin parallel spiral working faces for engaging said arms to rotate said driven member through a redetermined arc,.and also having a stopace for engaging another arm, said arms being engaged at opposite sides by said faces when approaching the idle period of the driven member for controlling the movement of the latter.

9. The combination, with a driven member movable at varying velocities and having a series of arms, of a driving member having grooves adapted for engaging said arms to actuate said driven member during its movement period and having a pair of stop-faces formed by continuations of the walls of said 'its idle period.

10. The combination, with a driven member movable at varying velocities and having a series of arms, of a driving member having parallel peripheral grooves adapted for eng ing said arms to actuate said driven member during its movement period, and having a pair of stop-faces formed by continuations of the walls of said grooves and adapted for engaging a pair ofadjacent arms ofsaid driven member during its idle period.

I 11. The combination, with a driven member movable at varying velocities and having a series of arms, of a driving member having a pair of spiral grooves adapted for engaging said arms to actuate said driven member during its movement period, and having 'a pair of parallel peripheral stop-faces formed by continuations of the walls of said grooves and adapted for engaging a pair of adjacent arms of said driven member during its idle period.

12. The combination with a driven member having a plurality of arms, of a rotatable driving member having a pair of spirally-arranged working faces adapted to engage one of said arms and also having stop-faces at opposite ends of said working faces adapted to engage with a plurality of said arms during the inoperative period of the working face.

13. A device for converting continuous into intermittent motion, the same comprising in combination, a driven member having a series of reaction-faces, and a driver having a working face with which alternately one and then a pair of said reaction-faces engage and which working face for at least aportion of its length is inclined to the direction of motion of the reaction-face. Y

14. A device for converting continuous into intermittent motion, the same comprising in combination, a driven member having a series ofreaction-faces, and a driver having a working face with which alternately one and two of said reaction-faces engages andwhich workin face has portions extending in different irections with reference to the direction of motion of the reaction-face;

15. A device for converting continuous into intermittent motion, the same comprising in combination, a driven member havmg o positely-facin reaction-faces, andadriver aving oppose working faces with which one and two of said reaction-faces alternately enga e, and each of which working faces has on y a portion of its length inclined to the direction of motion of the reaction-faces.

' 16. A device for converting continuous into intermittent motion, the same comprising in combination, a driven member having o po-' s 1telyf ac1n reactlon-faces, and a driver av-- mg opposed working faces wlth which said reaction-faces engage and each of which thereof.

workin faces'has at least a portion of its length inclined to the direction of motion of the reaction-faces, one of sald working faces termmatmg at one end ma locking-face and the other said working face terminating in a locking-face at the relatively opposite, end.

17. A device for converting continuous into intermittent motion, the same comprising 1n combination, a rotary driven member having a plurality of arms, and a rotary driver having a helical groove whose side walls constitute working faces cooperative first with one arm and then with another, said driver also having opposed locking faces cooperative with a pan of arms upon the disengagement of an arm from said groove.

18. A device for converting continuous into intermittent motion, the same comprising in combination, a rotary driven fnember having a plurality of arms, and a rotary driver having a helical groove whose side walls constitute working faces cooperative first with one arm and then with another, said driver alsohaving opposed locking-faces extendin around the driver in its plane of rotation and cooperative with a pair of arms upon the disengagement of an arm from said groove.

19. A device for converting continuous into intermittent motion, the same comprising in combination, a rotary driven member having a plurality of arms, and a rotary driver having a helical groove whose side walls constitute working faces cooperative first with one arm and then with another, said driver also having opposed locking-faces extending around the dr ver in its plane of rotation and cooperative with a pair of arms upon the disengagement of anarm from said groove, and

one of the locking-faces at one point extending axially to thereby shift the driven member and bring the next following arm into said groove.

20. A device for converting continuous into intermittent motion, the same comprising in combination a rotary driven member having a plurality of arms, and a rotary driver hav ing a plurality of helical grooves whose side walls constitute working faces cooperative those of one groove after those of another with consecutlve'arms, saiddriver also having op osed locking-faces cooperative with a IIO pair 0 arms upon the disengagement of an arm from the last groove of the plurality 21. The combination with a driven memmore than two arms, of a driving member having a air of successively-effective work- 7 ing faces or engaging respectively two con secutive arms to rotate said driven, member through a predetermined arc, and a working face for engaging one of said arms for movin the same through a further portion of sai arc;

22. The combination with a driven member movable at varying velocities and having moving said member through a further premore than two arms, of a driving'member determined arc. having a plurality of successively-effective worklng faces for engaging respectively con FRANCIS RICHARD-S 5 secutive arms to rotate said driven member Witnesses:

through a predetermined arc, and other faces CHAS. F. SoHMELz, for engaging another arm of said series for E. A. WEED. 

